tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post55162732587534405..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: ThistlesFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61789793833988784922009-08-25T22:46:34.107+01:002009-08-25T22:46:34.107+01:00I'm so glad it wasn't serious.I'm so glad it wasn't serious.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11416764147175270292009-08-25T16:00:37.828+01:002009-08-25T16:00:37.828+01:00I'm so sorry to read that you were ill, but gl...I'm so sorry to read that you were ill, but glad to hear that you're home and recovering. The medical community rallied for you and that's a good thing!<br />This poem is beautiful. We have thistles aplenty here, and I haul them out of the ground as fast as they pop up - and then I take them to the goats. They must have rubbery tongues too, as they gobble the thistles as fast as I Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70799590210974383632009-08-25T12:15:41.219+01:002009-08-25T12:15:41.219+01:00Sorry friends, no individual replies for once, I a...Sorry friends, no individual replies for once, I am far behind with visiting and blogging; I shall come by to all of you by and by.<br /><br />Thanks for all the good wishes.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-38140142932491032162009-08-25T11:24:16.196+01:002009-08-25T11:24:16.196+01:00Best wishes Friko for a speedy recovery
take it e...Best wishes Friko for a speedy recovery<br /><br />take it easy...<br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16589315131375560742009-08-25T11:13:19.898+01:002009-08-25T11:13:19.898+01:00Hi Friko - I haven't been online for days - so...Hi Friko - I haven't been online for days - so sorry to hear you have been unwell. Hope you are feeling better now.Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21430432624148649392009-08-25T09:18:07.013+01:002009-08-25T09:18:07.013+01:00Wonderful Hughes poem. Now I'm going to read b...Wonderful Hughes poem. Now I'm going to read back to see what in the heck happened to you and why I'm already so glad that you are ok!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77732747985649331192009-08-25T01:48:23.961+01:002009-08-25T01:48:23.961+01:00Friko, I am so glad that you are back home and are...Friko, I am so glad that you are back home and are feeling better today. Also glad that all tests were negative! And I am so happy you have excellent care available to you!! Hope you continue to heal! Hugs, SilkeSilke Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62499404634841447622009-08-25T00:56:13.509+01:002009-08-25T00:56:13.509+01:00Always loved to see them with blossom flowers. Can...Always loved to see them with blossom flowers. Can you believe it, that's years ago since last time...<br />Wasn't it also the symbol of Scotland?roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457724318596670810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-156002023456345332009-08-24T22:32:57.001+01:002009-08-24T22:32:57.001+01:00Hi Friko
Haven't accessed my computer fot a fe...Hi Friko<br />Haven't accessed my computer fot a few days so was sad to read your previous post. Hope you are improving speedily!<br />I think the NHS gets an undeservedly bad press. We have always found medical and nursing staff to be dedicated beyond the call of duty. There is just insufficient money for much needed resources.<br />I liked the poem ~ hadn't seen it before ~ am goingrosyhttp://www.poetfamiliares.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-20378486926169308232009-08-24T22:17:17.590+01:002009-08-24T22:17:17.590+01:00Great poem. Didn't know that one. Coincident...Great poem. Didn't know that one. Coincidentally, have been steeping myself in Plath over the last few days, ready to teach her poems at A level when I get back to school next week. Watched the film 'Sylvia' about her and Ted, but it wasn't very good, to be honest. Focused more on him, so I don't know why it was called 'Sylvia'. And apparently her 'estate'Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84770396627699848922009-08-24T22:08:46.861+01:002009-08-24T22:08:46.861+01:00friko - i missed yesterday's posting. i'm ...friko - i missed yesterday's posting. i'm so glad that you're well and that you received the good care you deserve!!! the thistle poem - about a plant that is hard to slow down - is a suitable posting for someone who obviously is tough!!!!! take care. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83796941680289119552009-08-24T21:41:58.765+01:002009-08-24T21:41:58.765+01:00Glad you are well and that your health care worked...Glad you are well and that your health care worked most efficiently. I can only hope mine would do the same. I actually like thistles if they weren't so invasive.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61418082498000308752009-08-24T19:40:39.550+01:002009-08-24T19:40:39.550+01:00You were missed. Thanks for thistle poem.You were missed. Thanks for thistle poem.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2911081014949228432009-08-24T18:24:48.019+01:002009-08-24T18:24:48.019+01:00You are a poetess beyond compare. Your ode to the...You are a poetess beyond compare. Your ode to the common thistle puts a new perspective on them.<br /><br />Your medical emergency must have been quite severe to be kept overnight. Here they only keep you overnight unless you are critical. Another reason your health care surpasses ours.<br /><br />As for transportation home, when I broke my ribs I was (as always) alone and didn't think to Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-63747840647409383382009-08-24T18:14:19.141+01:002009-08-24T18:14:19.141+01:00I am so glad that you were allowed to come home a...I am so glad that you were allowed to come home as far as any one knows, ok. I truly wish that people have not scared the elderly with horror stories. I definately wish we could have the care you Brit"s have and Canadians. Being in medicare we still pay plenty when you really do not have that much coming in. I do like poems and this is ironic.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272388069537746789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43214929296449502042009-08-24T17:17:08.037+01:002009-08-24T17:17:08.037+01:00Love the poem (agree with Wipso re: weeds) and am ...Love the poem (agree with Wipso re: weeds) and am most interested in the Icelandic reference. I will have to trundle off and check out this Ted Hughes poem now!Rustic Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68952611912083962832009-08-24T16:30:00.736+01:002009-08-24T16:30:00.736+01:00A weed is only anything growing where you don'...A weed is only anything growing where you don't want it and there are some really beautiful hedge row plants including thistles so lets enjoy them all, I say :-)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564678114875826791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5211884343358308242009-08-24T16:14:49.388+01:002009-08-24T16:14:49.388+01:00So glad you checked out ok. Ya, I agree when in do...So glad you checked out ok. Ya, I agree when in doubt call. I love the poem about the thistles. I say to my friend, weeds don't know they are weeds. They raise their strong faces to the sun and keep on keeping on.<br />QMMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com